{
  "id": 139225,
  "title": "DoorDash CEO Tony Xu once thought his $87 billion company would only make $100 million. He tells founders to be ‘greedy’ and dream bigger",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/doordash-ceo-tony-xu-once-thought-his-87-billion-company-would-only",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-04T15:44:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fortune",
    "slug": "fortune",
    "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/08/04/doordash-ceo-tony-xu-once-thought-87-billion-company-only-make-100-million-tells-founders-be-greedy-dream-bigger/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "DoorDash's founder and CEO, Tony Xu, has advised entrepreneurs not to limit their ambitions, as he himself learned from his own early mistakes. When DoorDash was first founded in 2013 with only 150 customers and $10,000 in sales, Xu estimated the company could generate $100 million in revenue. However, the business reached $4 billion in first-quarter revenue in 2024, 40 times more than the initial projection. Xu emphasized the importance of being \"greedy\" and dreaming bigger, as many successful entrepreneurs in the field, such as Chess.com cofounder Danny Rensch and Grindr CEO George Arison, attribute their success to holding onto a delusional and crazy mindset. Billionaire Mike Repole echoed this sentiment, emphasizing that founders must persevere through the \"survival years\" despite potential failures, as the first five years of a company's life are critical.",
  "summary": "“It's very hard as an entrepreneur when you're working out of your apartment, to know what that size could be one day,” DoorDash cofounder Tony Xu said.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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        "published": "2026-08-04T17:02:05.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}